Distal mesenteric arteritis: a rare complication of D. methylsergide treatment

Utzmann, O.; Barret, F.; Cassan, P.; Bacourt, F.; Chatel, A.; Bigot, J.M.

Journal de Radiologie 62(4): 257-261

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0221-0363
PMID: 6790701
Document Number: 181508
A patient developed typical abdominal angina due to mesenteric arteritis secondary to D. methylsergide (Desernil) treatment. Multiple regular distal stenoses were revealed by arteriography, but these had completely disappeared 5 months after discontinuing treatment. Histology demonstrated fibrosis of the three tunicae with hyperelastosis. Six analogous cases due to D. methylsergide or ergotamine tartrate have been reported in the published literature, rapid regression occurring in all of them after interruption of treatment.

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